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<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>I have 10 (or more generally, N) masses randomly distributed in a 2\ndimensional finite area, and each mass is connected to all the other\nmasses by identical springs and identical viscous damping.\n\nGiven the spring constant and the mass, how do I determine a good\ndamping factor such that when one mass is disturbed from the initial\nrest condition, the overall system will have least (or just less)\noscillation? I\'m looking for a reasonable working, not necessarily\nexact, solution, so that I can do some reasonably looking simulation\nwithout randomly guessing the value of the damping parameter.\n\nOr maybe there are suggestions on how to "guess" a reasonable damping\nvalue?\n\nThanks\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form"> View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>I have 10 (or more generally, N) masses randomly distributed in a 2
dimensional finite area, and each mass is connected to all the other
masses by identical springs and identical viscous damping.
Given the spring constant and the mass, how do I determine a good
damping factor such that when one mass is disturbed from the initial
rest condition, the overall system will have least (or just less)
oscillation? I'm looking for a reasonable working, not necessarily
exact, solution, so that I can do some reasonably looking simulation
without randomly guessing the value of the damping parameter.
Or maybe there are suggestions on how to "guess" a reasonable damping
value?
Thanks
dimensional finite area, and each mass is connected to all the other
masses by identical springs and identical viscous damping.
Given the spring constant and the mass, how do I determine a good
damping factor such that when one mass is disturbed from the initial
rest condition, the overall system will have least (or just less)
oscillation? I'm looking for a reasonable working, not necessarily
exact, solution, so that I can do some reasonably looking simulation
without randomly guessing the value of the damping parameter.
Or maybe there are suggestions on how to "guess" a reasonable damping
value?
Thanks